The Savage Word #3

Does anyone else appreciate the irony of "social media" turning us into antisocial weirdos that stare at their phones rather than, you know, being social? I say this as someone who was an antisocial weirdo long before this "live your entire life online for an audience of strangers, advertisers, dataminers, intelligence communities and government officials...I mean your friends and family" s**t started.

Slowly, but surely, we ensure that privacy is something that no one has. Can't let people have opinions or differing beliefs, they must be fired, blackballed, ridiculed and openly hated for diverting from the nonsensical narrative IN ANY WAY! This is McCarthyism on crack. A police state cannot be maintained by hellfire missiles, drones, automatic weapons, hydrogen bombs or any other weapon...it must be maintained by a massive police force. So what is the most logical option if you want to ruthlessly control the way people live but it's unrealistic to have 7 billion police officers? You convince everyone that it's their duty to ruin the lives of others and that they DESERVE IT if they hold OPINIONS that don't fit the narrative you're pushing. You useful idiots are becoming the thought police for dark forces you cannot even fathom...you'll keep fighting a bogeyman that doesn't exist, while the REAL bogeyman pats you on the back and gives you some bread and admission to the next circus!

It's okay if we disagree with each another. Would you prefer that only two colors exist, or would you rather a rainbow of endless possibility? You are limiting the spectrum of human consciousness, and ruining lives, just so you can pretend that you're making the world a better place!

Author's Note

12/5/15

Reviews

[Nisreen]

there is an endless debate on this internet frenzy
i say there is much intrusion
but with that comes a great deal of exchange

the fact that one can tap into numerous pieces of information daily well is beyond human belief
i personally read at least a couple of articles everyday that have enriched my life

but i totally see your point of view
some evil people misuse this medium of exchange

[Jonny The Savage]

What's bothersome, to me, is just how people selling private information has become so normalized that it's about as "normal" a business as advertising at this point. It just keeps getting more absurd: what is being sold in this age. The internets is a great tool, but it requires people like me to oppose the absurdly high levels of data retention leading to personal information getting sold to another party that sells it to whoever wants it. So don't get me wrong, I love the potential of the internets; but it needs to be respected and at times the users need to think defensively (especially in such a data climate as today).

[Nisreen]

i agree its like privacy no longer exists and never could thats why there is this huge room for being online under a different name to truly exercise freedom in knowledge and expression its sad really

[Jonny The Savage]

It's mindblowing that there are myriads of people who have fallen for the gov't's "everybody needs to be accountable in real life for opinions and jokes they express on the internets" ploy. Everybody is so entrenched in an ideological war, of one kind or another, that nobody is really thinking about the bigger picture. It's a pretty now or never situation because as technology continues to improve it'll become more and more difficult to obfuscate one's identity and if we don't stand up for free speech; it will stop even existing as a concept.

[Nisreen]

How are you Johnny

[Jonny The Savage]

I've definitely been better lol. How have you been?

[Nisreen]

What is wrong
i am well

[Jonny The Savage]

too much for public comments - want to just pm me?